Norte Chico & La Serena

Norte Chico is a highly mountainous area boasting transverse valleys of great beauty and fertility amongst dry land. The most well-known of these is perhaps, the Copiapo, Elqui and Hurtado Valleys where the famous Pisco grapes and other chief crops grow abundantly. Specifically the Elqui Valley is also known for being the most commercially viable wine-producing region of northern Chile and the supposed home to mystical electromagnetic waves. The province is also renowned for its clear night skies and astronomical stations allowing for some of the best cosmological observations in the world.